| Assoc Prof Wu Wei
Director, China Affairs Office
Director, Nanyang Centre for Public Administration
Associate Professor
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
Email: WWU@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 6793
Office: S3.2-B4-10 |
| Education |
- PhD Indiana University 1997
- MA Stanford University 1987
- MA Xiamen University 1986
- BA Xiamen University 1983
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| Biography |
Academic Qualifications:
5. 1997: Ph.D. in communication, Indiana University, USA
6. 1987: M.A. in communication, Stanford University, U.S.A.
7. 1986: M.A. in English language, Xiamen University, China.
7. 1983: B.A. in English literature, Xiamen University. China.
Summary of Working Experience:
8.2007 – present: Associate Dean, College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, (HASS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
10.2007-present: Director, China Programme Office, College of HASS, NTU.
8.2006-4.2007: Associate Chair, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, NTU
5.2005-8.2006: Vice Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, NTU
4.2006-present: Chairman, Management Committee of Self-funded Programmes
HSS, NTU
4.2004 –present: Associate Professor, HSS, NTU
11/2005-present: Head, Public Administration Group, HSS, NTU
2000 – present: Adjunct Professor, Xiamen University, China.
PUBLICATION
Number of referreed journal papers: 13
Number of conference papers: 23
Number of books: 1
Number of book chapters: 4
Research Projects in 2007-08 as Principal investigator:
1. External Grant: (2007. Lien Foundation for Social Innovation). $40,000. Project title: Strategic Innovations in Chinese Nonprofit Organizations and Their Impacts on Performance.
2. (2006) . Academic Research Grant, NTU, S21,040. Project title: Eyeballing the media: an exploratory study of media relations for organizations in Singapore.
3. (2007). Academic Research Grant, NTU, S1,130.
Awards:
1. 8. 2001. Top faculty-student research paper, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) annual conference, USA. AEJMC is the largest association in journalism and communication in the world.
2. 8. 1996.. An award of $7000 from Ford Foundation after a national competition.
3. 11-16, 1995: Winner of a national competition to attend a special seminar on media studies held by the Freedom Forum, New York, USA.
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| Research Interests |
| Wu Wei specializes in communication and management. He has conducted a wide range of studies on media effects, public relations with publications in top-ranking international journals and presentations at major international conferences. He has also taught courses of Government-media Relations, Public Relations, and Organisational Communication at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His recent research projects involve on studies of public communication, government-media relations in Singapore, and NGO management in China. |
| Research Grant |
- Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2006-)
- Lien Foundation (2007-)
- RCC (2006-)
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| Current Projects |
- Eyeball the media: an exploratory study of media relations for Organisations in Singapore
- Eyeball the media: an exploratory study of media relations for Organisations in Singapore
- Project on Lien Chinese Cities Public Service Quality Assessment
- Strategic Innovations in Chinese Nonprofit Organizations and Their Impacts on Performance
| Selected Publications | - Wu Wei, Yu Wenxuan, Lin Tingjin, Ma Liang, Sheng Mingke, Wang Jun. (2013). Perfect Public Service System, Achieve Comprehensive and Balanced Development: 2012 Lien Chinese Cities Service-Oriented Government Report. Review of Economic Research, (10), 22-40.
- Ma L. (2013). Does Public Service Delivery Arrangement Influence Citizens’ Satisfaction?: Evidence from Urban Public Transportation in China. The 2013 ASPA Annual Conference “Governance & Sustainability: Local Concerns, Global Challenges”.
- Yu Wenxuan, Wu Wei. (2012, March ). Government Transparency and Political Trust: A Curvilinear Relationship. Paper presented at 2010 ASPA Conference, Las Vegas, NV. USA.
- Lin,T.,Wu,W.,Yu,W.,Wang J. (2011). Factors Influencing Citizen's Satisfaction with Public Education Service in China: A Quantitative Analysis via Hierarchical Linear Model. Fudan Education Forum, 9(4), 54-58.
- Wang J., Lin T., Wu,W.,Yu,W. (2011). Citizen's Satisfaction with Public Education Service in China: An Empirical Study Based on 2010 Lien Public Service Excellence Index for Chinese Cities.. Fudan Education Forum, 9(4), 49-53.
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